RPC VII.2, 2524

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2524
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Series 1, with nominative
Dating AD 238–41
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙωΝ, ΘΕΜΙΔΟϹ Τ Ο Β
Edition Ἀσπενδίων Θέμιδος τὸ βʹ
Translation of the Aspendians, of the Themide (games), the 2nd time
Reverse design around and within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.35 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Watson 554
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die. 4, 6: same rev. die. 7, 10: same rev. die.
Note One of the rev. dies uses the Ω form.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BNK,G.1098 BMC 93
2 2     P: 133 SNG 185
3 3     B: 18273114, Löbb.
4 4     C
5 5     O: Robinson
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 107
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 108
8 8     Boston: 64.164
9 9     B. Michaux coll. = Savoca 118 Silver, 21 Nov. 2021, lot 300
10 10     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 172
11 11     Falghera 2188
12 12     ✸ Papillon Numismatic 1, 20 Sept. 2020, lot 324
13 13     Ankara Arslan, Pamphylia, p. 30, no. 7
14 14     B. Michaux coll. = Numismad 21, 14–15 Feb. 2025, lot 745